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Turtles return home after UK stay
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7477519.stm
Two loggerhead turtles are flown to Gran Canaria and returned to the wild after washing up on UK shores.
Mon, 30 Jun 08
Physics teacher shortage warning
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/education/7478302.stm
One in four secondary schools in England does not have any specialist physics teachers, says a survey.
Mon, 30 Jun 08
Still a threat
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7457054.stm
The risk from a new deadly flu has not gone away
Mon, 30 Jun 08
Knife revolution
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7461004.stm
Surgeons pick their top medical innovations
Mon, 30 Jun 08
Life at sea
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7448361.stm
Suffolk fishermen fight for a brighter future
Sat, 28 Jun 08
Whale meet ends with peace agenda
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7478435.stm
The International Whaling Commission's annual meeting ends with members agreeing to try and resolve their differences.
Sat, 28 Jun 08
Biometrics picks up the penguins
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7475654.stm
The problem of keeping track of thousands of near-identical penguins has been solved, scientists report.
Sat, 28 Jun 08
Martian soil 'could support life'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7477310.stm
Martian soil appears to contain sufficient nutrients to support life - or, at least, asparagus - Nasa scientists believe.
Sat, 28 Jun 08
Warming world sends plants uphill
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7477279.stm
Climate change has resulted in many plant species moving an average of 29 metres uphill every decade, a study finds.
Sat, 28 Jun 08
Toxic find halts Philippine dive
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7477261.stm
The discovery of a toxic cargo on board a sunken Philippine ferry halts an operation to recover hundreds of bodies inside.
Sat, 28 Jun 08
Australia's treasury chief takes 'wombat leave'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7477083.stm
Australia's treasury secretary takes time out to care for hairy-nosed wombats, sparking questions from some opposition politicians.
Sat, 28 Jun 08
Uneasy peace
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7478847.stm
Whale lovers and hunters still at odds as meeting ends
Sat, 28 Jun 08
Gorilla diary
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7110093.stm
Rangers plea to tourists not to visit DR Congo gorillas
Fri, 27 Jun 08
Greenland denied on whale catch
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7476652.stm
The first vote at this year's International Whaling Commission meeting denies Greenland's request to hunt humpbacks.
Fri, 27 Jun 08
Bees seeking 'sugary' garden pest
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7470859.stm
Bumblebees may be showing an increasingly common behaviour of feeding on secretions from aphids.
Fri, 27 Jun 08
Cost of extinction
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7474109.stm
Why exactly do we value the lives of whales?
Fri, 27 Jun 08
Full circle
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/magazine/7470662.stm
Plastic bottles get recycled as bottles, right? Not until now
Fri, 27 Jun 08
Counting whales
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7474637.stm
Why we will never know how many whales there are
Thu, 26 Jun 08
Mars' two-faced riddle 'solved'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7473128.stm
Scientists think a giant asteroid impact can explain why the northern and southern hemispheres of Mars look so different.
Thu, 26 Jun 08
Brown pushes wind power expansion
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/7474592.stm
Thousands of wind turbines could be built across the UK as part of a £100bn plan to boost renewable energy.
Thu, 26 Jun 08
Fossil fills out water-land leap
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7473470.stm
Scientists identify a 365-million-year-old fossil that helps explain the sequence of events that took early creatures onto land.
Thu, 26 Jun 08
Project to reveal choc's DNA code
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7474278.stm
The chocolate company Mars has announced that it is to decode the genetic structure of the cacao tree.
Thu, 26 Jun 08
Whaling body seeks peace path
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7472228.stm
The global whaling body opens the door to the eventual partial lifting of the commercial whaling ban.
Thu, 26 Jun 08
Register clears out 'fishy' names
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/7473707.stm
A World Register of Marine Species roots out the fish and other ocean organisms that have multiple scientific names.
Thu, 26 Jun 08
Burma blocks emergency telecoms
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7473972.stm
Two teams of emergency telecoms workers leave cyclone-hit Burma after their efforts are blocked.
Thu, 26 Jun 08
Report warning on UK dam breaches
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7472206.stm
The public needs to be given more information about the dangers of flooding if dams fail, a government review says.
Thu, 26 Jun 08
Biofuel use 'increasing poverty'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/7472532.stm
The rush to use biofuels in rich countries has dragged more than 30 million people worldwide into poverty, an aid agency says.
Thu, 26 Jun 08
Dubai to get world's first 'moving' skyscraper
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/7472722.stm
Construction of the world's first moving building, an 80-storey tower with revolving floors which give it an ever-shifting shape, is due to begin.
Thu, 26 Jun 08
Ice features
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7468180.stm
Keeping your cool on an Arctic expedition
Thu, 26 Jun 08
Everglades hope
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/7472760.stm
Florida's besieged wetlands offered a lease of life
Thu, 26 Jun 08
Taxing time
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7471197.stm
Carbon tax will stop us pumping rubbish into atmosphere
Thu, 26 Jun 08
Colossus returns
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7466174.stm
The computer that cracked wartime codes
Thu, 26 Jun 08
Gene fuels deadly prostate cancer
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7470738.stm
A faulty gene linked to breast cancer is also responsible for a dangerous form of prostate cancer, research shows.
Thu, 26 Jun 08
Landmark Florida Everglades deal
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/7472577.stm
US conservationists hail a deal under which Florida will buy a huge tract of Everglades land from a sugar company.
Thu, 26 Jun 08
New £197m lab for DNA science
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/7471091.stm
A pioneering research organisation that has produced 13 Nobel Prize winners gets the go-ahead for a new £197m lab.
Thu, 26 Jun 08
Earth 'not at risk' from collider
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7468966.stm
Our planet will not be sucked into a black hole made in a new European physics facility, a report concludes.
Thu, 26 Jun 08
Flood plan 'needs improvement'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/7472564.stm
Flood defence must be taken more seriously if communities are to be protected, a report on last summer's flooding says.
Thu, 26 Jun 08
EU to tighten pesticide controls
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7470706.stm
EU agriculture ministers approve stricter controls on the use of pesticides, after two years of debate.
Thu, 26 Jun 08
Carbon standard 'to renew trust'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7469083.stm
A certificate scheme that shows which firms have made genuine carbon cuts is launched by the UK's Carbon Trust.
Thu, 26 Jun 08
France in EU row over tuna catch
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/7469109.stm
France clashes with the EU Commission after it calls an early halt to bluefin tuna fishing in the Mediterranean.
Mon, 23 Jun 08
Peace pledges as whale meet opens
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7468496.stm
Delegates pledge to look for common ground as the International Whaling Commission convenes in Chile.
Sun, 22 Jun 08
Green energy push planned for UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/7467336.stm
British homeowners may face higher bills as part of a "green revolution" to reduce fossil fuel reliance.
Sat, 21 Jun 08
Key ocean mission goes into orbit
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7457818.stm
The Jason-2 satellite is launched on a mission to measure the shape of the world's oceans and track sea level rise.
Sat, 21 Jun 08
Mars probe makes 'ice' discovery
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7465419.stm
Nasa's Phoenix spacecraft unearths evidence of ice in the soil around its landing site on Mars.
Sat, 21 Jun 08
GM briefing urged rule rethink
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7466921.stm
Briefing notes from a meeting between Environment Minister Phil Woolas and biotechnology industry members has been handed to the BBC.
Fri, 20 Jun 08
Meteorite could hold solar clues
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7464583.stm
A rare meteorite that could hold clues to the Solar System's birth has been bought by the Natural History Museum.
Fri, 20 Jun 08
Business chiefs urge carbon curbs
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7464517.stm
A coalition of 99 companies hands a climate action plan to G8 leaders, asking for emission targets and global carbon trading.
Fri, 20 Jun 08
Jodrell Bank future looks better
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7464104.stm
The future of eMerlin, an upgrade to the world-famous Jodrell Bank observatory, is starting to look brighter.
Fri, 20 Jun 08
UK renewables policy 'inadequate'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7463427.stm
The UK government's renewable energy policy is inadequate and lacking urgency, warn MPs.
Fri, 20 Jun 08
Bay's environmental fishing ban
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/7463421.stm
Trawler fishing is banned in an area of Lyme Bay to protect the marine environment and wildlife.
Fri, 20 Jun 08
Fin de guerre
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7463633.stm
Is peace about to break out in the world of whaling?
Thu, 19 Jun 08
Adoptees use DNA to find surname
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7459578.stm
Male adoptees are using DNA tests to predict the surnames carried by their biological fathers, the BBC has learned.
Thu, 19 Jun 08
Arctic sea ice melt 'even faster'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7461707.stm
After a cold winter, Arctic sea ice has melted quickly, suggesting that summers could be ice-free within five to 10 years.
Thu, 19 Jun 08
Clone cell cancer 'cure' hailed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7460743.stm
Scientists claim they have cured advanced skin cancer for the first time using the patient's own cells cloned outside the body.
Thu, 19 Jun 08
Government wants GM crops debate
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/7462707.stm
The government is ready to back a greater role for GM crops, says Environment Minister Phil Woolas.
Thu, 19 Jun 08
New 'lookouts' for climate change
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7460879.stm
Corries high in the Scottish mountains are to be monitored to better understand global warming.
Thu, 19 Jun 08
Bush calls for offshore drilling
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/7460767.stm
President Bush asks the US Congress to end a ban on offshore oil drilling, as fuel prices rise up the political agenda.
Thu, 19 Jun 08
Why Bristol will become the UK's centre of pedal-power
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/bristol/7462791.stm
Bristol will become the UK's first official cycling city and a further 11 demonstration areas will be created.
Thu, 19 Jun 08
Patent problems
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7461597.stm
Why Europe's patent system is stifling invention
Thu, 19 Jun 08
Poisoned lions
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/7460008.stm
Kenyan farmers use lethal insecticide to ward off predators
Thu, 19 Jun 08
Memory failure
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/magazine/7457653.stm
You saw it, but were your eyes fooling you?
Thu, 19 Jun 08
Feeling the heat
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7456973.stm
Policies are threatening the future of drylands
Thu, 19 Jun 08
Atomic generation
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/7457189.stm
How the energy industry is hunting for new talent
Thu, 19 Jun 08
Bargain buy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/7460364.stm
Peru's lucrative copper mountain in Chinese hands
Thu, 19 Jun 08
'Snail mail' blazes slow e-trail
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7458531.stm
Three snails are equipped with electronics to allow them to send e-mails on behalf of visitors to a website.
Thu, 19 Jun 08
Cholesterol genes 'protect heart'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7459766.stm
A third of the population have genes that could help them in the fight against heart disease, say scientists.
Wed, 18 Jun 08
'Oldest' computer music unveiled
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7458479.stm
A scratchy recording of Baa Baa Black Sheep is thought to be the oldest known recording of computer generated music.
Wed, 18 Jun 08
Greenland whale hunt 'commercial'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7458155.stm
Animal welfare campaigners say Greenland's "subsistence" whalehunt is too commercially motivated.
Wed, 18 Jun 08
Space cameras to monitor forests
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7459472.stm
Plans to use high resolution cameras in space to monitor deforestation in the Congo Basin are unveiled.
Wed, 18 Jun 08
Physics agency instigates review
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7460162.stm
The organisation that looks after some of the biggest science facilities in the UK is to commission an independent review of its operations.
Wed, 18 Jun 08
Scans see 'gay brain differences'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7456588.stm
The brains of gay people look like those found in heterosexual people of the opposite sex, research suggests.
Wed, 18 Jun 08
Cannabis 'can harm foetal brain'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/north_east/7456625.stm
Smoking cannabis while pregnant could harm the developing brain in the womb, researchers in Scotland claim.
Tue, 17 Jun 08
First farmers made 'lucky beads'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7457755.stm
Some of the first farmers in the Near East probably used green beads as amulets to protect themselves and their crops, a study suggests.
Tue, 17 Jun 08
Phoenix takes close look at Mars soil
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7408033.stm
Scientist Dr Tom Pike describes the moment the Phoenix lander obtained its first Martian soil for analysis.
Tue, 17 Jun 08
Climate book is judges' hot pick
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7457317.stm
Mark Lynas' book on global warming wins this year's Royal Society prize for popular science writing.
Tue, 17 Jun 08
Trio of 'super-Earths' discovered
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7457307.stm
Astronomers identify a trio of so-called "super-Earths" - rocky worlds slightly larger than our planet.
Tue, 17 Jun 08
Honda makes first hydrogen cars
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7456141.stm
Japanese car maker Honda begins the first commercial production of a hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicle.
Tue, 17 Jun 08
Green agenda still key - Cameron
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/7456752.stm
Conservative leader David Cameron insists he will not be diverted from his environmental agenda by the economic downturn.
Sun, 15 Jun 08
Shuttle lands despite losing clip
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7454810.stm
The US space shuttle Discovery successfully lands at Florida's Kennedy space centre despite the earlier loss of a rudder clip.
Sat, 14 Jun 08
Met Office improves flood alerts
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7453522.stm
Weather experts say they can provide more precise forecasts of where extreme rainfall will occur.
Sat, 14 Jun 08
Maritime 'treasure trove' raised
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7446423.stm
A cannon and other key artefacts are raised from an Elizabethan ship wreck off the coast of the Channel Islands.
Sat, 14 Jun 08
Shuttle debris 'poses no danger'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7453503.stm
Astronauts on the US space shuttle Discovery are told a floating object and apparent bump pose no danger.
Sat, 14 Jun 08
Climate talks progress 'feeble'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7453110.stm
Progress towards developing a global strategy to cut emissions is too slow, say environmental campaigners.
Sat, 14 Jun 08
US seeks support for climate fund
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7452796.stm
Henry Paulson, US Treasury Secretary, is urging G8 nations to support a $10bn fund to tackle global warming.
Sat, 14 Jun 08
'Daydreaming' brain is coma clue
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7452547.stm
A part of the brain that can stay active in brain-damaged patients offers recovery clue, say scientists.
Sat, 14 Jun 08
Senegal city facing sea rise threat
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/7452352.stm
St Louis in Senegal is the city most threatened by rising sea levels in the whole of Africa, a UN official says.
Fri, 13 Jun 08
Final Skynet satellite launched
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7451867.stm
An advanced satellite that will improve substantially the ability of UK military forces to communicate around the globe is launched into space.
Fri, 13 Jun 08
Ministers plot UK nuclear future
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7450479.stm
The government invites communities to host a nuclear waste site and invites firms to build new reactors.
Fri, 13 Jun 08
Phoenix starts to get rewards
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7452072.stm
Nasa's new lander on Mars is learning how to cope with the clumpy soil at its location on the northern plains.
Fri, 13 Jun 08
'Non-planet' Pluto gets new class
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7449735.stm
Astronomy's official naming organisation says objects like the former ninth planet should be known as "plutoids"
Fri, 13 Jun 08
Boost for Africa green revolution
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/7449989.stm
Two big development groups say they will invest in new roads and develop new technologies to boost Africa's agriculture.
Fri, 13 Jun 08
City seeks to be carbon neutral
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7450141.stm
A £1.25m grant will be spent trying to make Stirling the first carbon neutral city in the UK.
Fri, 13 Jun 08
Catching 'industrial' fly-tippers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/london/7449310.stm
How the Environment Agency used new tactics to capture the men behind 'industrial scale' fly-tipping.
Thu, 12 Jun 08
Concern over tidal barrage cost
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/wales/7448973.stm
The proposed Severn Barrage is not financially viable and energy could be produced more cheaply with other green technologies, a report says.
Thu, 12 Jun 08
First private mission set for ISS
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7449261.stm
The first private manned mission to the International Space Station will go ahead in 2011.
Thu, 12 Jun 08
Camera catches ovulation moment
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7447942.stm
A human egg has been filmed, in close-up, emerging from the ovary - the first time such an event has been captured.
Thu, 12 Jun 08
Honour for biomaterials pioneer
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7448215.stm
Professor Robert Langer, one of the most prolific inventors in medicine, wins the Millennium Technology Prize.
Thu, 12 Jun 08
Mars sprinkle test yields results
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7447882.stm
Phoenix will try sprinkling Martian soil on to an instrument in a bid to overcome problems caused by the soil's clumpy nature.
Thu, 12 Jun 08
Biologists call for balloon ban
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/7447381.stm
Marine conservationists want a ban on mass balloon releases because of the damage they can do to wildlife.
Thu, 12 Jun 08
'National effort' urged on floods
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/7446561.stm
A national effort is needed to tackle the vulnerability of key infrastructure to flooding, warns the Environment Agency.
Wed, 11 Jun 08
Bird family trees predict decline
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7446647.stm
A new genetic family tree of UK birds may help predict which ones are likely to see population declines in future.
Wed, 11 Jun 08
US space telescope set for launch
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7436088.stm
A Nasa space telescope is about to launch on a mission to explore the Universe with "gamma-ray glasses".
Wed, 11 Jun 08
Fast decline of Med's sharks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7446112.stm
Some Mediterranean shark populations have fallen by 99% over the last two centuries, a study shows.
Wed, 11 Jun 08
Phoenix tries shake and sprinkle
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7446054.stm
The Phoenix lander tries different ways of making clumpy Martian soil samples enter its onboard lab ovens.
Wed, 11 Jun 08
Jordan cave may be oldest church
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7446812.stm
Archaeologists in Rihab, Jordan, say they have discovered a cave that could be the world's oldest Christian church.
Wed, 11 Jun 08
Trying to 'kick the carbon habit'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7439904.stm
Earth Report looks at what measures New Zealand is taking to achieve its goal of becoming carbon neutral.
Wed, 11 Jun 08
Atlas shows vanishing landscape
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/7446793.stm
A new atlas shows Africa's changing landscape over 30 years including disappearing glaciers and lakes.
Wed, 11 Jun 08
Nepalese cavalry to be relocated
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/7442323.stm
Nepal's Supreme Court orders the relocation of the cavalry, in a fresh blow to the abolished monarchy and pro-royal army.
Wed, 11 Jun 08
Mechanics of climate curbs
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7444881.stm
Despite recent criticisms, the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism is delivering the goods.
Tue, 10 Jun 08
Bionic hand wins top tech prize
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7443866.stm
The world's most advanced commercially available bionic hand has won the UK's top engineering award.
Tue, 10 Jun 08
Chinese parks 'sell tiger wine'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7444266.stm
Illegal "tiger bone wine" is being made and sold by a number of animals parks in China, say campaigners.
Tue, 10 Jun 08
Supercomputer sets petaflop pace
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7443557.stm
A supercomputer built with components designed for the Sony PlayStation 3 sets a new computing milestone.
Tue, 10 Jun 08
Japan robot arm unfolded on ISS
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7444894.stm
A Japanese-built robotic arm has been unfolded on the International Space Station (ISS).
Tue, 10 Jun 08
Japan vows future emissions cut
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7443833.stm
Japan's government promises a 60-80% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, but nothing sooner.
Tue, 10 Jun 08
Fresh hurdle for stem cell hunt
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7439435.stm
It may be tougher than first thought to pick effective stem cell treatments, a Nobel Prize-winning geneticist says.
Tue, 10 Jun 08
Big hearts 'have genetic problem'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7371213.stm
Scientists say they have found a new genetic basis for why some people develop a dangerously enlarged heart.
Tue, 10 Jun 08
Dolphins die after mass stranding
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/cornwall/7443626.stm
A group of dolphins are stranded in a creek in Cornwall, leaving at least 21 of them dead.
Tue, 10 Jun 08
Rat free declaration for island
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7439973.stm
The Hebridean island of Canna is to be officially declared rat free.
Tue, 10 Jun 08
Whales stranded off Madagascar
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/7443559.stm
More than 100 whales are stranded off Madagascar, as an oil company suspends surveying in the area.
Mon, 9 Jun 08
Natural lab shows sea's acid path
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7437862.stm
Natural CO2 vents on the sea floor show scientists how life will be affected as carbon emissions acidify the oceans.
Sun, 8 Jun 08
Giant panda's sex secrets revealed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7438975.stm
A BBC film crew captures the giant panda's full courtship and mating - from boisterous beginning to noisy ending.
Sun, 8 Jun 08
Martian soil frustrates Phoenix
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7442233.stm
The Mars lander delivers a soil sample to an onboard oven, but the material is not registered by the instrument.
Sat, 7 Jun 08
Missile practice for Moon mission
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7438270.stm
Scientists test the missile technology they hope will drive instruments into the surface of the Moon.
Sat, 7 Jun 08
Hints of 'time before Big Bang'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7440217.stm
Our view of the early Universe may contain the signature of a time before the Big Bang, say physicists.
Sat, 7 Jun 08
Florida's hurricane simulator
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/7431142.stm
The University of Florida develops the world's most powerful portable hurricane simulator.
Sat, 7 Jun 08
How UK fights remote control war
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/7439825.stm
The BBC's Gordon Corera visits Nevada, where the US and British forces operate their spy planes.
Sat, 7 Jun 08
Google to get space age home
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7438760.stm
Google announces plans to build a massive new high-tech campus on unused land owned by Nasa.
Sat, 7 Jun 08
US climate change bill is blocked
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/7440662.stm
A US law that would have introduced a cap on carbon emissions is blocked by senators.
Sat, 7 Jun 08
Machu Picchu ruin 'found earlier'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/7439397.stm
Westerners found Peru's Machu Picchu 40 years earlier than previously thought, historians say.
Fri, 6 Jun 08
Bacteria could stop frog killer
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7438205.stm
Bacteria may hold the key to halting the fungal disease which is devastating amphibian populations around the world.
Fri, 6 Jun 08
Plan for quake 'warning system'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7435324.stm
Nasa scientists have said they could be on the verge of a breakthrough in their efforts to forecast earthquakes.
Fri, 6 Jun 08
IBM aims to cool chips with water
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7439406.stm
A network of tiny pipes of water could be used to cool next-generation PC chips, IBM researchers say.
Fri, 6 Jun 08
Beaver's 'cruel' death in the sea
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7438352.stm
A beaver found dead on a beach in the Highlands ingested a large quantity of sea water, police say.
Fri, 6 Jun 08
Green energy 'revolution' needed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7439338.stm
The International Energy Agency is calling for a $45 trillion green revolution to tackle global warming.
Fri, 6 Jun 08
Meningitis C teen-jab theory
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7437796.stm
Teenagers may need a booster dose of meningitis C vaccine, say researchers who found immunity can fall.
Fri, 6 Jun 08
Glitch delays Mars lander's dig
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7437639.stm
The Phoenix lander's first dig into the Martian soil for scientific study has been delayed by a glitch on a communications satellite.
Thu, 5 Jun 08
Carbon market is 'open to abuse'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7436263.stm
Evidence of serious flaws in the multi-billion dollar global carbon credit market is uncovered by the BBC.
Thu, 5 Jun 08
Mobile phones expose human habits
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7433128.stm
More than 100,000 mobile phone users are tracked in an attempt to build a picture of human behaviours.
Thu, 5 Jun 08
Cuttlefish spot target prey early
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7435757.stm
Cuttlefish recognise prey before they have hatched, the first known embryos to show such an ability.
Thu, 5 Jun 08
Space station crew repair toilet
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7436975.stm
Crew members repair a toilet on the international space station with a pump brought up by the shuttle Discovery.
Thu, 5 Jun 08
Peru to protect isolated tribes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/7435272.stm
Authorities in Peru seek to protect some of the last indigenous tribes to avoid contact with the outside world.
Thu, 5 Jun 08
Oil spill threatens Buenos Aires
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/7437110.stm
Workers battle to dissolve an oil spill heading towards the coast of Argentina after two ships collide off Uruguay.
Thu, 5 Jun 08
Mars lander gets digging practice
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7435863.stm
Nasa's Mars lander Phoenix may be resting on a large patch of ice, scientists believe.
Thu, 5 Jun 08
Stem cells 'halt nerve disease'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7435137.stm
An injection of stem cells has been used to cure mice with a normally fatal nervous system condition.
Wed, 4 Jun 08
Decline at biggest UK puffin site
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7434258.stm
Puffin numbers at the UK's biggest colony are falling, amid signs of dwindling food, scientists say.
Wed, 4 Jun 08
UN sets out food crisis measures
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/7432583.stm
The UN secretary general calls for revitalising agriculture as a way of tackling the world's worsening food crisis.
Wed, 4 Jun 08
Imperial may set own entry test
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/education/7434463.stm
The head of Imperial College London says it is trying out an entrance exam.
Wed, 4 Jun 08
Study boosts wine chemical hopes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/7432957.stm
A chemical derived from red wine could one day help keep the heart "genetically young", claim researchers.
Wed, 4 Jun 08
Unnatural roots of the food crisis
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7430996.stm
Why the loss of biodiversity and abandonment of ecology-friendly farming undermine attempts to feed the world.
Wed, 4 Jun 08
Cameron: Still keen to be green?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7417761.stm
Why has Conservative leader David Cameron, who is credited with greening the party, gone quiet on environmental issues?
Tue, 3 Jun 08
Tiniest extrasolar planet found
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7432114.stm
Astronomers have sighted the smallest extrasolar planet yet: a distant world just three times the size of our own.
Tue, 3 Jun 08
Space shuttle carries lab to ISS
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7432466.stm
The space shuttle Discovery takes a $1bn laboratory - and a toilet pump - to the International Space Station.
Tue, 3 Jun 08
Whalemeat traders 'defying ban'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7431568.stm
Icelandic and Norwegian firms export whalemeat to Japan, which environmentalists say undermines global treaties.
Tue, 3 Jun 08
Ancient man killed 'love rivals'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/wear/7432306.stm
Prehistoric man may have executed male rivals in order to steal their women, research by Durham scientists suggests.
Tue, 3 Jun 08
Images reveal 'rapid forest loss'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7431589.stm
Satellite images reveal the "rapid deforestation" of Papua New Guinea's rainforests over the past 30 years.
Tue, 3 Jun 08
Mars lander uncovers signs of ice
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7431264.stm
Nasa's Mars lander Phoenix may be resting on a large patch of ice, scientists believe.
Tue, 3 Jun 08
UK gets high rating for beaches
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/7431643.stm
Britain's coastal waters receive a 96.5% rating for cleanliness in a European Union report.
Mon, 2 Jun 08
'Mythical' moth rescued from web
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7430816.stm
An insect found only four times previously since 1853 is discovered close to site of original sighting.
Sun, 1 Jun 08
Giant trees 'to clear excess CO2'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/wales/7429562.stm
The scientist who coined the term "global warming" calls for millions of artificial trees to pull CO2 from the air.